I'm about to start a campaign with new characters at L 8. In order to encourage party cohesion I'm looking for a short, pre-made adventure, preferaby in a severe enough environment that it would be suicide for a single character just to leave the party. Vast, dinosaur-infested jungles are welcome, as are trackless, vermin-infested deserts, polar terrain, or high mountains. Gathering the party will most likely not be a problem, as the campaign takes place in the Forgotten Realms which is rife with randomly-activated portals and the like. My intention is that when the short adventure is over, the party then discovers a portal or path to a more civilised region.
An alternative could be an "escape" or jailbreak adventure.
The preferred system is 3.5/PF, but I can adapt most other versions of D+D to my purposes. I have most of the Paizo Dungeon magazines, some earlier ones, the 3.0/3.5 WotC web content, and a miscellany of published adventures/adventure collections.
I'm open to suggestions, and hope that the forum members here can me out!
I'm about to start a campaign with new characters at L 8. In order to encourage party cohesion I'm looking for a short, pre-made adventure, preferaby in a severe enough environment that it would be suicide for a single character just to leave the party. Vast, dinosaur-infested jungles are welcome, as are trackless, vermin-infested deserts, polar terrain, or high mountains. Gathering the party will most likely not be a problem, as the campaign takes place in the Forgotten Realms which is rife with randomly-activated portals and the like. My intention is that when the short adventure is over, the party then discovers a portal or path to a more civilised region.
An alternative could be an "escape" or jailbreak adventure.
The preferred system is 3.5/PF, but I can adapt most other versions of D+D to my purposes. I have most of the Paizo Dungeon magazines, some earlier ones, the 3.0/3.5 WotC web content, and a miscellany of published adventures/adventure collections.
I'm open to suggestions, and hope that the forum members here can me out!
Albion Armitage's Astounding Arsenal is a level 8-10 adventure for the PFRPG, of short duration (about 2 weeks of travel) through forests and mountains, and leaving the party would definitely be lethal. And it's for sale, right here on Paizo.
Thank you, everyone, for all the suggestions! :) They have been a great help, and I should be able to put something together from it all.